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WWII Italian Collection

by Max Hennessy 3 books in this series

The WWII Italian Collection groups three independent adventures connected with Italian forces, territories and the Mediterranean war. The books move from the invasion of British Somaliland to black-market survival in North Africa and the struggle to protect works of art in wartime Naples.

The collection balances front-line action with irregular warfare, theft, cultural preservation and competing civilian interests. Its protagonists often operate outside conventional units and must navigate allies, partisans, local communities and opportunists as well as enemy forces.

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Books in this series (3 books)

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1. Harkaway’s Sixth Column

Max Hennessy

First published 1983

4.1(1,893)

In the summer of 1940, Italian forces invade British Somaliland while a small British detachment is sent into the desert to destroy an enemy supply dump. An air attack kills the young officer commanding the mission and leaves four non-commissioned soldiers and a civilian driver cut…

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2. Up for Grabs

Max Hennessy

First published 1985

4.3(1,165)

A fighting team with a very special difference... In times gone by, the looting didn't start until the foe was vanquished! But in North Africa nobody bothered to hang around for the enemy to retreat. With half of Egypt waiting open-armed for anything going, people stole…

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3. Picture of Defeat

Max Hennessy

First published 1988

4.3(1,194)

He must save the past, for the peoples' future... It is 1943, and Naples has been looted by the Allies and Axis powers alike, its priceless art treasures coveted by some of the most corrupt criminal minds in Europe. The country swarmed with bands of partisans,…

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